§ 1011. Consideration.

Approval or denial of a preliminary plat for a conservation subdivision shall, in addition to criteria specified elsewhere in this resolution for consideration of preliminary plats, be based on the extent to which the plat meets the following criteria:

a.

All primary conservation areas are protected as permanent open space.

b.

A sufficient amount of secondary conservation areas are protected as permanent open space, as opposed to being devoted to lots and other uses.

c.

The configuration of the open space tract is contiguous and undivided, or open space is provided in relatively undivided tracts that cannot reasonably be reconfigured into one contiguous, undivided tract.

d.

Each conservation subdivision shall provide a minimum of 40 percent of its total land area as open space, as defined by this article.

e.

The conservation subdivision meets the regulations specified in this article.